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A masked gunman killed 12 people at a midnight showing of the new Batman movie in a suburb of Denver early on Friday, sparking pandemonium when he hurled a gas canister into the auditorium and opened fire on moviegoers.

Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik defended his massacre of 77 people, insisting Tuesday he would do it all again and calling his rampage the most "spectacular" attack by a nationalist militant since World War II.

Six people were killed and three wounded Monday when a gunman opened fire at a small religious college in Oakland... Pastor Jong Kim, who founded Oikos University about 10 years ago, told the Oakland Tribune he was unsure if the alleged shooter had been expelled from the school or dropped out voluntarily. He said he heard about 30 gunshots while remaining in his office for safety.

Shareef Allman, the man suspected of killing three and wounding seven in a shooting spree in Cupertino, Calif., has been shot and killed by police, the San Jose Mercury News reports.

A gunman killed a person Sunday at a central Florida home, then wounded two others at a church about a block away, authorities said. It was unknown if a suspect had been caught.

A gunman apparently was motivated by revenge against a Good Samaritan when he opened fire, killing a 3-year-old and leaving a pregnant woman and her toddler critically wounded, police said.

Six spectators were shot and wounded when a gunman opened fire at half-time of an adult basketball league game in Philadelphia on Monday, and one person was in critical condition, police said.

Police official says a gunman opened fire inside a Detroit police precinct, shooting at least three officers including a commander...

Clay Duke approached the front of the room, spray-painted a red "V" on the wall and brandished a small handgun. He ordered the room cleared of everyone but six men, witnesses say.

A well-respected veteran Detroit, Michigan, police officer was gunned down early Monday, the first time in about five years a city officer has been killed in the line of duty, the city police chief said.